Taylor Swift's Eras Tour film is up for best pre-recorded variety special. Will it win at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sept 5-6?

Sabrina Carpenter's "The Muppet Show" won Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) at the Creative Arts Emmys, held September 5-6, 2026, beating Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" concert film in the category. The win gave Carpenter her first Emmy Award; she also served as an executive producer on the special. The Creative Arts Emmys honor below-the-line and non-primetime categories ahead of the main Primetime Emmy telecast, and recognized a range of variety and music specials across its two nights, with Carpenter's Muppet-themed program emerging as one of the higher-profile winners. Swift's concert film, chronicling her record-breaking Eras Tour, had been considered a strong contender given the tour's cultural reach and box-office success as a theatrical release, but Emmy voters favored Carpenter's more traditional variety-special format instead. Predict Six's community leaned heavily toward a Swift win, with 70% forecasting "yes" — a call the actual result did not bear out, as the Eras Tour film went home without the award.